The Washington critic., 1887-10-27
OUR STREET RAILWAYS.
How to Reach All Portions Of the
NnllnnnI NnpIlnl.

Fare for each person on all lines. cents.
Tickets are sold by driver or conductor Of
oil cars, for % cents good on any line
Washington and Georgetown Rnlruad Starts
At Georgetown, corner VI High street, down
Bridge street, across Rock Creek, cast nlun4
PCnnsylyunia avenue, passing circle con.
thinning Mills statue Of Washington; Cor
COrnn Gallery, stat 3, Waraud Navy Dgplrt
ments; Presidents House, Lafayette square
combining Mills equestrian statue Of An
drew jackson; Department Of Justice (halt.
Ing at Fiit' onth street, whore transfers are
given to Fourteenth street Branch Fifteenth
street, past Riggs House and Treasury De
partment; again down Pennsylvania avenue
by WillNrd'sOnd other hotels and through
the principal business portion OF the city,
crossing seventh street west nj Center
Market where transfers are given to the
Seventh street Branch, going north toward
Boundary street or south to Potumnc Rivcrj
past Botanical Gardens 10 Naval Monument
jhcrc transfers are given 10 branch running
To Baltimore and Ohio Railroad depot, rs
conding south side of Capitol lIill, contin.
Ming along u street south to Pennsylvania
avenue turning into Eighth street east, past
the Marine Barracks To Navy-Yard gate.
Returning. same route and conditions.
Fourtccnthstrcet Branch - Starts Mt Now
York avenue and Fifteenth street west out
fourtccnlh street TO Boundary, passing
Franklin Square and Thomas Statue, lte
turning, same route, Transfers given tO0nd
from main OF Avenue line Connects with
cars 10 Mount Pleasant every half hour.
Fare . cents additional.
Seventlrstreet Branch-Starts at Boundary
and runs due south across the city along
seventh street west, passing Mount Vernon
Square, Patent and Postofices, Odd Eel.
lows Hall, crossing Pennsylvania avenue
at Centre Market and City pOstOnico (whurc
transfers are given to the main or Avenue
lincl, continuing across the Mall, past the
Smithsonian Institution and National Nh.
scum, To the wharvcs Of the Mount Vernon,
Norfolk and other steamers and Alexandria
ferry. Returning same route.
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wheTc It makes u circuit OF West, lligh,
Fuycttc, Second, Dumhurton and Mont
gomcry Nrocts, passing near Gcorgotown
College, Academy of the Visitation, lIigh
Service Reservoir, and oak llill Cemetery,
over Rock Creek TO i street north, thence
along Connecticut avenue, amidst the pnla'
tlal residences Of the West End, including
that of the British minister; along Seven
tecuth street west 10 II street north, Four.
tconth street to Y, passing Wizards and the
Ebbtt House, crossing Ninth street twhcre
transfers are gwen to the Ninth street
Brnnch), past the Patent and Post O0ices,
| to Fifth street, TO Louisiana avenue, passlul,
Judiciary Square, city Hall, aud Lincoln
| Monument; indiana avenue to & street, by
In. Ealtimorc and Ohio depot To DGlawnr;,
avenue, 10 II street north, TO First street
east, thence along East Capitol street to Lam
coin Park. Returning, same route going
west, except along New Jersey avenue aud
| d street instead of Indiana avenue.
Cars also leave the west front Of the State,
War and Navy Departments Mt convenient
Intervals, connecting with above line At
Seventeenth and II streets.
| Ninth street BranCh-Starts at northern ter.
minus Of seventh street west (whcre II con.
meets with silver Springs Branchl, divorglng
TO Ninth street thence south, passing
Mount Vernon Square, Masonic Temple
Patent and Posto6ices at + street (where
transfers are given TO main line east OI
west, thence TO u street, passing Centre
Market and Baltimore and Potomac Depot
Sixth street TO Missouri avenue, to -Four
and.a'half street, thence to the Arsena
gate and steamboat wharves, POtOmu,
River. Returning by same route.
Silver Springs Brancli-Starts from northern
terminus of Ninth.strcet Branch, following
Seventh street road, past Howard Univcr
| sity and Schuetzen Park, to entrance te
grounds Of Soldiers Home. Returning,
same route.
| Columbia Railway-starts at Fifteenth street
| west, southeast of Treasury Department,
along New York avenue to Its intersection
| with Massachusetts, avenue at Seventh
street; thence on Massachusetts, avenue to
| II street north, past tho Government Print
| ing Office to Boundary and beginning Of
Baltimore turnpike and Bennng's Bridge
| road. Returning, same route,
| North Capitol and Street Tor Belt Railroad
Starts from Maryland avenue and Four.
and.a.half street, thence east to First west,
| north to q street, west TO Fourth street,
north to p street. west to Eleventh street,
south to T. street north, west to Fourteenth
street. south to Ohio avenue, east to
| Twelfth street, south to Virginia avenue
! ana east to starting point. Returning, same
route, except passing east over . Instead OF
| street
This line also has short connecting roads run.
ming TO the Centre Market, Potomac river
steamboat wharves, Bureau Of Engraving
and Printing, Washington Monument and
Eleventh and Boundary.
Anncostia misunderstanding from foot OF
Seventh street, along VI street south,
past naVy-yard gate. to Twelfth street east,
and over the Anacostia Bridge TO Union
town and the Government Hospital for the
Insane. Returning, same route, Transfers
l. and from Avenue Line or sovcnth-strcet
Branch Washington and Georgetown Rail
road, 3 cents.
| HerdiC coaches are running from the Navy
Yard via Pennsylvania avenue to Twenty,
second and g streets northwest. Fare, Z
cents; six tickets for - cents. Horse'CaI
tickets are also received rs fare.
Herdlc cabs are run 10 any part OF the city
Fare, % cents, within | mile; Is cents pei
hour for one passenger; 81 per hour ioi
more than one. stands, East Capitol front
and Pennsylvania avenue and Seventh
street northwest.